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Text messaging, and the spying thereof.
anonywho
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Long story short, my girlfriend's parents want to spy on her texts and see what she sent, I didn't think that's possible, is it? (we both have verizon)
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If she's eighteen, I don't believe they can legally do that.
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EDIT: and no I'm not a minor, and no we're not fucking.
I think that's not the issue here... it's really a privacy issue, as well as a technical question about if that's possible.
I do believe if she's under their account that they can get their hands on that info potentially from the provider themselves.
There's a big "OUGHT" they to do that... but something tells me you're in no position to talk to them about trust issues. =(
Tell your girlfriend that anything she wouldn't want them to hear needs to go through another avenue... or... I wonder if you can use RSA encryption over text messaging? Might be a bigger pain in the butt than it's worth.
This is directly from the horses mouth, im digging right now for the quote. I read about it because AT&T keeps theirs for three days and it pissed a whole lot of people off. Verizon was like 10 hours, sprint was like...8 minutes. tmobile was 0 minutes. all these times are "once delivered" times.
From there, some decisions need to be made:
1) Should she stay on the phone plan, given that her parents find it okay to spy on her private messages.
2) If she stays on the plan, should she consider not using her cell phone for anything resembling private or sensitive conversations.
If the answer to (1) is no, then the answer to (2) should most certainly be YES.
Oh, that is a heartening bit of information at least. I'd have figured that they'd keep all that info.
On her phone on the other hand...I know if I delete my txts they're still in a trash folder until I delete them from there too. I'd be more concerned with them grabbing her phone.
Parents tend to say they will do things in grand imposing ways, but in the end they spin it and do it in a simple way you never saw coming. Ah misdirection.
No man should have that kind of power.(Twitter)
Well as I said, her parents can not change anything regarding the plan since it's not in their name, it's in her brother's name, they just pay it. I think 10 hours is good enough though.
Parents = Canadians
Snogging = snorkeling
So I Hate my parents and I cant wait to snog with you would be
I hate Canadians and I cant wait to go snorkeling again
YEAH let her parents figure that one out!!!
My parents, at least, are by and large pretty clever. I doubt that'd fool anyone for very long.
I know this girl who was "raped" back in my hometown. Made a big elaborate sob story about it, even though she put herself in the situation and had been known to be talking to this guy in a suggestive way. She was a big "Christian" girl so the fact she lost her virginity scared the piss out of her and she cried wolf.
Investigation went on, cops pulled text message records from Cingular (at the time) which was definitely not 3 days later. Turns out that she sent the guy a text the next day and said, "Meet me in a field somewhere" which of course suggests she wanted his wang inside her again and the case was thrown out.
Edit: I guess cops can...
I think anyone could figure that one out...maybe if the euphemism chosen wasn't so easily imagined as something sexual. Many years ago when I was in high school, my girlfriend and I referred to it as "Saving the whales" cause it started during a cooperative boardgame my hippy mother bought me called "Save the Whales"
http://www.cooperativegames.com/1002_childrens_board_games.html
Just something to be aware of.